Artist Profiles: Mari Boine
Mari Boine (aka Mari Boine Persen) was born November 8, 1956, in Karasjok, Norway. She is feasibly the most famous Sami artist in the world.…
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Music for St. Patrick’s Day 2017
There’s always a bit of a letdown when St. Patrick’s Day rolls around. Instead of celebrating a culture filled with the Celts’ vibrant art and…
Artist Profiles: Loreena McKennitt
Loreena McKennitt was born and raised in Morden, Manitoba, a town of Irish, Scottish, German, and Icelandic inhabitants in the middle of the Canadian prairies.…
Artist Profiles: Justin Adams
Justin Adams is one of the UK’s most original and inspirational guitarists, lending his talents to such artists as Jah Wobble, Sinead O’Connor, Peter Gabriel,…
Artist Profiles: Jon Hassell
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Jon Hassell grew up with ears alert to divergent aspects of the jazz tradition, one early influence including Maynard Ferguson’s “stratospheric”…
Artist Profiles: Jivan Gasparyan
Jivan Gasparyan (his first name was also spelled Djivan) was born in 1928 in Solag, a village near the Armenian capital Yerevan. He began to…
African Friends New and Old
It’s not likely I’ll ever get a handle on just how many great African musicians are out there, despite over three decades of loving and…
Artist Profiles: Aurelio Martinez
Singer-songwriter, composer, guitarist, and politician Aurelio Martínez Suazo was born on September 26, 1969, in Plaplaya, Honduras. He followed the footsteps of the legendary parranderos…
World Music Resources
World Music World Music is an internationally accepted term that describes a series of musical genres from across the globe rooted in tradition. The category…
Tradition and Getting Around it
Being a self-styled traditionalist doesn’t mean my musical tastes are so staunch that I shun any sonic adventurousness that steps over traditional boundaries. Cross the…